This model has a bit of history attached to it , for me.  The truck is based on a model shown in the 1954 7/8 instruction manual. In 1955 I had saved up my pocket money to purchase the manual the price was two shillings and six pence in old pre-decimal currency. I took my cash to junior school so that after school I could go into town (Gravesend Kent) to the Meccano dealer and get it S.A.P. , trouble was a thick smog came down and when I got home very late after my foggy shopping trip. I was in big trouble with my parents for not coming straight home from school.   Incidently I have never constructed the model until now! The model is built from parts in a mid-fifties No. ten set using far more parts than in the original No.7 set instructions. I followed the main construction in its concept, the tipper body was utilised from from a previous build the  "Large Capacity Motor Dumper". The wheels have rubber tyres on double 2" pulleys, that I think are of French origin these are more a heavy duty for a truck of this type, than the tin road wheels shown in the instructions. Looking at the instructions I was very dubious as to how the tipping mechanism would work however when assembled it worked very well.  Detail shown below. The model is of a simple design with no steering although I could have fitted this if I had not used the wide tyres. I could not find a prototype type of a truck like this from  the nineteen fifties the cab is very similar to a late 1940's British Seddon. When completed it looked solid well designed and attractive, as are a lot of the other models from the 1954 series of manuals, many of which I have previously constructed and can be seen on other pages on this website. Page published February 11 2026